Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing.
I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.
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Mooses… uh meeses (what is the plural for “moose?” lol) are so funny looking to me. I heard one time they look like a three-year-old’s drawing of a cow. haha Anyway, I do love your photo and poem, too. 🙂
This post resonated for me…apparently my life needed some tuning up…I started to feel a possible panic attack coming on (never had one before) and decided to text a longtime friend for help. Fortunately he was up early on the West Coast and called me back. With his help, we came up with a prioritized list that he emailed me. I needed someone to backstop me so I could find my way through to the other side of a bunch of jumbled worries. The last item on his list was a reminder in Bold to stay away from politics!
It is so essential to have the right kind of company along the way to help stabilize us, right us, restore us to balance and harmony, by serving as a sounding board and enabling us to hear what we are saying, shift our perspective, and get “back in the saddle again”! We can’t do it alone, and the companionship of the right kind of others is essential to the work that we are are undertaking in knowing who we are and what is ours to do! (Bringing to mind Shel Silverstein’s little ditty, “Some kind of help is the kind of help that help is all about/And some kind of help is the kind of help we all could do without!” Shel Silverstein was the right kind of help, and I miss him all the time!
Yes! Reaching out to friends and mentors has helped me reach the age of 77. More recently, study of cognitive behavioral therapy has really helped. Also, a few years back I was in a group at a mental health clinic that suggested writing out the steps I would take or people I knew I could count on in a mental health crisis. My friend’s name has always been on my list of reliable help.
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Mooses… uh meeses (what is the plural for “moose?” lol) are so funny looking to me. I heard one time they look like a three-year-old’s drawing of a cow. haha Anyway, I do love your photo and poem, too. 🙂
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I like ” mooses.” Let’s go with that!
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All righty! Sounds good to me, too! 😀
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This one seems to be having a chuckle!
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This post resonated for me…apparently my life needed some tuning up…I started to feel a possible panic attack coming on (never had one before) and decided to text a longtime friend for help. Fortunately he was up early on the West Coast and called me back. With his help, we came up with a prioritized list that he emailed me. I needed someone to backstop me so I could find my way through to the other side of a bunch of jumbled worries. The last item on his list was a reminder in Bold to stay away from politics!
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It is so essential to have the right kind of company along the way to help stabilize us, right us, restore us to balance and harmony, by serving as a sounding board and enabling us to hear what we are saying, shift our perspective, and get “back in the saddle again”! We can’t do it alone, and the companionship of the right kind of others is essential to the work that we are are undertaking in knowing who we are and what is ours to do! (Bringing to mind Shel Silverstein’s little ditty, “Some kind of help is the kind of help that help is all about/And some kind of help is the kind of help we all could do without!” Shel Silverstein was the right kind of help, and I miss him all the time!
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Yes! Reaching out to friends and mentors has helped me reach the age of 77. More recently, study of cognitive behavioral therapy has really helped. Also, a few years back I was in a group at a mental health clinic that suggested writing out the steps I would take or people I knew I could count on in a mental health crisis. My friend’s name has always been on my list of reliable help.
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Knowing who/what we can count on is essential knowing!
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